Man accused of fatally stabbing wife appears in court

A Fairfield man accused of fatally stabbing his wife in February made an appearance Thursday in Solano County Superior Court.

Sitting alongside his attorney Geoffrey Rotwein, as well as a Cantonese interpreter, Camden Lo, 50, watched as Presiding Judge E. Bradley Nelson granted a motion to conduct a conditional examination of a 90-year-old witness, who is the defendant’s mother. The exam is on schedule to take place next week. At Lo’s last court appearance earlier this month, the woman allegedly fainted, forcing the courtroom to clear as medic personnel were called.

Around 6:35 p.m. Feb. 10, Fairfield police were dispatched to a possible domestic violence altercation at a residence in the 2000 block of Burgundy Way, after receiving a tip from an out-of-town family member. Upon arrival, police received no response from a victim inside the home, and forced entry inside, where they found a deceased woman dead as a result of an apparent stab wound. The victim was later identified as 48-year-old Wen-Ying Lo. Camden Lo, the woman’s husband, had fled before authorities arrived. He was arrested later that day at a restaurant in the 1600 block of Trancas Street in Napa.

Court records reveal Lo had filed for divorce from his wife in May 2015. In the hours leading up to the woman’s death, court records show the two appeared in front of a judge in Solano County Family Court about a divorce settlement.

Lo is facing one charge of murder with a deadly weapon enhancement. He remains in the Justice Center Detention Facility without bail. Lo is due back in court at 8:30 a.m. May 1 in Department 4, where a preliminary hearing date is expected to be set.